Year 8 Geography

Tectonic plates make up pieces of the Earth's crust. Together with the upper-most layer, they form the what?

• Asthenosphere

• Exosphere

• Lithosphere

• Thermosphere

What is the name of this molten material that is found beneath the surface of the Earth?

• Crust

• Lava

• Magma

• Obsidian

300-200 million years ago, all the continents were one single continent. This was called what

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

Which of the following is not considered a continent?

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

• South Africa

The largest country by area with 17,098,246 km2 is what?

• Australia

• Canada

• Russia

• United States

The largest country by population with 1.408 billion people is what?

• China

• India

• Japan

• Russia

The world's smallest country, with a population of 825 and an area of 0.49km2 is what?

• Liechtenstein

• Monaco

• San Marino

• Vatican City

Cause of the tectonic plates constantly moving, Mount Everest continues grow every year by how much?

• 2mm

• 4mm

• 8mm

• 16mm

Because of continental drift, the continents are constantly moving closer and further way from each other. How many metres a century are the moving?

• 0.5 metres

• 1 metre

• 2 metres

• 2.5 metres

For a landscape to be constituted as a desert, it has to experience less than how many milimeters of rain per year.

• 20mm

• 25mm

• 30mm

• 35mm